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BUTTER Momf I APPglcATloN FILED' MAY 13', s1-5.

Patented Jan. 11, 1916;

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ROBERT J. COSSEBOOM, OF BUENA VISTA, COLORADO, `ASSIGNOIR- OF ONE-FOURTH TO DANIEL C. SINDLINGER AND ONE-FOURTH TO. CHARLES A. NILES, BOTH OF BUENA.

VISTA, COLORADO BUTTER-MOLD.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed May 13, 1915. Serial No. 27,827.

To all whom; t may concern 'Be it known that I, ROBERT J. Cossrooir, a citizen of the nited States, and a resident of Buena Vista, in the county of Chaee and State of Colorado, have invented an Improvement in Butter-Molds, of which the following is a specification.

l'hisinvention relates to molding devices, and more particularly to a butter mold including means for forming a suitable impressionl ordesign on one of the surfaces of the print. f

One of the objects of the invention is the provision of a mold consisting of hinged sides and ends having pivotedclamps for retaining themV in closed position, a press block being .vertically movable between said sides and ends and detacliably carried by an adjustable operating rod.

Another object is the provision of a molding plate, having any suitable design thereon, detachably carried by the press block whereby the same' may be removed and replaced by another plate having a different design.

A still further object is to provide a mold 'of this character which is simple in construction tlius reducing the cost of manufacturing to a minimum and which is effective in carrying out the purposes for which it is designed.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety of mechanical expressions, one of which, for the purpose of illustrating the invention, is shown in the accompanying drawing. in which'- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the mold constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. :2is a transverse section therethroughfand Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View of the molding plate used in connection with the invention. Fig. 4e is a fragmentary top plan view partly in section.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawing, in which like reference characters indicate similar parts, the numeral 5 indicates the bottom of the mold boX having the sides G and the ends 7 connected thereto by hinges S whereby the same may be unfolded outwardly in order to facilitate-the removal of a printwof butter therefrom. lThe lsides are retained in closed position by means of oppositeiydisposed removal of the print.

clamping elementsV 9 preferably formed of angle metal and hinged at 10 to a cleat 11 secured to onefend 7 of the-.mold boX adjacent the top thereof. The clamping elements are adapted to embrace the sides 6 and end opposite to the endto which said Clamping elements are pivoted,i said' elements being provided with handles 12 which are adapted to be grasped in order to retain the sides and ends in closed positions.'

A vertically arranged bracket 13 is secured to the end 7 of the box which has the clamping elements hinged thereto and extends above the top of said box and has a plurality of openings 1l therein. i Each of these Vopenings isvadapted to receive the hooked end 15 of an operating lever 16 which extends longitudinally of the box. The operating rod has slidably mounted thereon a block supporting` bracket 17 having a sleeve 1S .for engagement with said rod and being provided at its lower end With laterally extending wings 19 to which is' secured a press block 20. A molding plate 2l is provided with a suitable design or configuration on its bottom face and 'is provided on its longitudinal edges with angular iiaiigcs 22 which are adapted to engage the .longitudinal edges and upper face of the press block QOYwheieby said plate is retained in engagementtherewith.` From this construction it will be apparent that said plate may be easily slid'froni engagement with the block and replaced, if'desired, by another plate hating a different design thereon.

In 'practice` the hooked end 15 of the operating rod maya be inserted in any one of the openings `1i 1n the bracket 13 ddpending upon thesizeof the print to be molded in the box. The bracket 17 is then adjusted along the opeiating rod until the plate 21 is in position to be inserted in the mold box 'after which the operator depresses the free end of the operating rod and causes the plate to form the impression upon the print, after which the clamping elements 9-may be swung open in order to permit the sides and ends to be moved outwardly to permit the In order to retain the handles in closed position, when the buttei is being packed into the mold, a cleat S23-is securedto one side of the mold and has connected therewith one end of a chain' 24,.

the other end of vvhich is provided With a `ring 25 adapted tobe slipped over said handles, as shown in Fig. 1.

I claim z- A molding device substantially p described, comprising a molding boX Whose lsections may open outwardly, a clamp comprising a crossbar extending along the outer side of one end of the box,4 side bars hinged at one end to the ends of said cross bar and extending thence along the sides and opposite end of the box and projecting beyond the end of the box in the form of as herein extending thence longitudinally over the boX and beyond the opposite Vend thereof and over the projecting handle portions of the clarnp and in' such relation thereto that said handle portions of the clamp may be held together by the hand of the operator, which is simultaneously employed in holding the handle end of the operating rod down .in operative position, and a press block carried bythe operating rod and operating Within the box, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ROBERT J. COSSEBOOM.

'Witnessesz A HARRY L. MCGINNIS, G. K. HARTENSTEIN. 

